seirbhiseach

See also: seirbhíseach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish seirbísech (“auxiliary, ancillary; a servant, an agent”) (compare Irish seirbhíseach); synchronically, seirbheis (“service”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

seirbhiseach m (genitive singular seirbhisich, plural seirbhisich)

  1. servant

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
seirbhiseach sheirbhiseach
after "an", t-seirbhiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “seirbísech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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